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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (2728)	10/20/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Respond to of 3029

Seagate Will Unveil Next-Generation Drives 10/20/98 3:33 p.m. ET By Chuck Moozakis, InternetWeek Seagate Technology on Monday will unveil new versions of its Barracuda, Cheetah, and Medalist Pro drives, including the industry's first 3.5-inch drive capable of storing up to 50 gigabytes of data. The Barracuda 50, which is a combination of existing Barracuda and Cheetah technologies, will be available in February and geared toward customers with high data requirements, according to Rudy Thibodeau, Seagate's executive director of product marketing and planning. The new drives come as IT managers demand higher levels of performance from their disk-based storage systems. The drives feature improved throughput and seek times, said Thibodeau, with the 10,000 rpm Cheetah drives now boasting throughput of 28 megabytes per second, up from 21.5 MBs per second. The 7,200 rpm Barracudas will have sustained data rates as high as 25.7 MBs per second. Beyond the increase in throughput, the new Cheetahs will also feature Seagate's "just-in-time" technology. With JIT, power consumption of the drives can be cut by as much as 10 percent to 15 percent without losing seek performance, Thibodeau said. Volume production of the new Barracudas will begin in November; the Cheetahs will be available in February 1999. Barracuda pricing ranges from $595 to $2,275 depending upon the model. Cheetah pricing ranges from $695 to $2,100. Medalist Pro pricing has not been determined. techweb.com